In the eight years since the death of reporter Regina Martinez, Mexico has become the deadliest place in the world for the press. Now, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will reopen the investigation into her murder.

#StarInvestigation by @MarcoOved: thestar.com/news/investiga…
In Mexico, there was before Regina Martinez, and after.

The high-profile and widely respected investigative reporter was murdered in her home in 2012, and the gruesome crime marked the beginning of an open season on journalists. thestar.com/news/investiga…
As news of her killing made headlines around the world, her colleagues were forced to confront a startling new reality: If she wasn’t safe, no one was.

Journalists have increasingly become targets. thestar.com/news/investiga…
One third of all the murders of journalists worldwide took place in Mexico last year. So many reporters have been threatened, attacked, forced to go into hiding and killed that there is no consensus on the numbers. thestar.com/news/investiga…
The Cartel Project has uncovered new evidence of how Martinez's murder investigation was botched + the story she was last working on implicated allegedly corrupt politicians and connections to a notoriously violent drug cartel thestar.com/news/investiga…
Read more of @MarcoOved's full investigation - "This journalist’s brutal murder was dismissed as a robbery. Now reporters from around the world are determined to uncover the truth" - here: thestar.com/news/investiga…

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